HDIV vs. HHV, ADIG, MERC, DUKE, NTN, NTV, ATS, ROOF, ARTL, and IPU
Should you be buying Henderson Diversified Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Diversified Income include Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (HHV), abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), Duke Capital (DUKE), Northern 3 VCT (NTN), Northern 2 VCT (NTV), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), and Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Diversified Income vs. Its Competitors
Henderson Diversified Income (LON:HDIV) and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (LON:HHV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Henderson Diversified Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.5%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Henderson Diversified Income pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Henderson Diversified Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Henderson Diversified Income has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
14.8% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a net margin of 264.25% compared to Henderson Diversified Income's net margin of 0.00%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity of -4.34% beat Henderson Diversified Income's return on equity.
In the previous week, Henderson Diversified Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hargreave Hale AIM VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
Henderson Diversified Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. Henderson Diversified Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Henderson Diversified Income received 2 more outperform votes than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Hargreave Hale AIM VCT an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Henderson Diversified Income an outperform vote.
Summary
Henderson Diversified Income beats Hargreave Hale AIM VCT on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HDIV) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
